students with the know-how to apply effectivestrategies in their future careers. Strategic Management: Logic and Action provides awide range of organizational examples along with worksheets at theend of each chapter. Students are encouraged to use the Web as asource of information, but to also interview people to assessactions within the context of organizations. The text is meant tobe a useful guide for strategists facing new situations from thebeginning of their organization careers.From the Preface:"Strategy is no longer the exclusive concern of generals. It isnot something you wait to think about until you are the presidentof an organization. You need to understand strategic thinking rightnow, as a graduate entering the workforce, a newly appointedsupervisor, or a mid-level manager. Corporations, small businesses,non-profits, and public agencies – organizations of all kinds– are discovering how important it is for employees tounderstand why the organization interacts the way it does withcustomers, competitors, and other actors. Many then ask theiremployees to help strengthen current connections and invent newones."

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